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Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Dec. 26, 2018 / 3:16 PM GMT By Elisha Fieldstadt Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Wednesday after undergoing surgery to have cancerous growths removed from her lung, according to the Supreme Court press office. Ginsburg, 85, underwent a pulmonary lobectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on Friday, the court said. Two nodules had been found on her left lung during tests after she had a fall in November that fractured three of her ribs. Both "nodules removed during surgery were found to be malignant on initial pathology evaluation," the court added, but there "was no evidence of any remaining disease." "Scans performed before surgery indicated no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. Currently, no further treatment is planned," the court said. On its website, Sloan … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital after lung surgery

POLITICS 09/05/2018 09:35 am ET Updated 0 minutes ago Read live updates from his grilling on Capitol Hill. By Paige Lavender Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing continues Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The hearing kicked off with chaos Tuesday as Democrats demanded more time to review 42,000 pages of documents from Kavanaugh’s time working in President George W. Bush’s White House. Theirs wasn’t the only coordinated dissent in the room ― protesters also disrupted the proceedings. Read live updates from the second day of the hearing below. (You may need to refresh the page to see the latest updates.): 10:42 a.m. ET If things get too out of hand at Kavanaugh's hearing, don't worry, his stunt double is sitting right behind him: pic.twitter.com/1TIKLaynXD— waitwait (@waitwait) September 5, 2018 His “stunt double” would be Don McGahn, President Donald Trump’s outgoing … [Read more...] about Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Continues

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away on Saturday at the age of 79. As per the US Marshalls Service, he died in his sleep early on Saturday while in West Texas for hunting trip.“He was an extraordinary individual and jurist, admired and treasured by his colleagues,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement for the court. “His passing is a great loss to the court and the country he so loyally served. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Maureen and his family.” President Barack Obama referred to him as “one of the most consequential judges and thinkers to serve on the Supreme Court.”Born in 1936 in Trenton, New Jersey, Justice Scalia was the first Italian American to serve on the High Court. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. During his three decade long feat at the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia rejuvenated conservative jurisprudence and breathed life into the Constitution’s original … [Read more...] about Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at the age of 79

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fueled the House of Cards style drama in Washington D.C. on Tuesday over President Barack Obama’s right to nominate Justice Antonin Scalia’s successor.McConnell announced Tuesday that he does not plan to budge on the ongoing battle over the Supreme Court’s vacancy. Surprise, surprise! McConnell and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley visited President Obama at the White House to let their stance be known.“We will reiterate that the American people will have a voice in the vacancy on the Supreme Court as they choose the next president, who in turn will nominate the next Supreme Court justice,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. However, as Senator Elizabeth Warren noted in a viral Facebook post, the American people made a choice when they overwhelmingly reelected President Obama.Whether or not the American people should have a voice in filling the vacancy flies against precedent, … [Read more...] about McConnell Tells Obama Not to Nominate a Supreme Court Justice To His Face

Hillary Clinton was apparently wowed on Tuesday by the idea of appointing President Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court.Clinton responded to an audience member during a campaign event who noted the next president will likely have a lot of Supreme Court appointments, report the Des Moines Register and the New York Times First Draft blog. The speaker wondered if Obama would be one of them.“Wow, what a great idea,” Clinton said. “Nobody has ever suggested that to me. Wow. I love that.”Clinton said “wow” one more time “as if giving herself an extra second to think of a good answer,” First Draft says.“I’ll be sure to take that under advisement,” she said. “I mean, he’s brilliant. He can set forth an argument, and he was a law professor, so he’s got all the credentials. Now, we do have to get a Democratic Senate to get him confirmed.”Clinton repeated that it was “a great idea” but said Obama … [Read more...] about Obama as a Supreme Court justice? It’s a great idea, Clinton says